“Placing bees in position at Palmerston North September 1896”. John Hobbs, and his brother, Arthur, shifted 100 moveable apiary hives from the Wanganui district to Kairanga, siting them on Aorangi Road on land leased from Mr Carroll. By 1901 the brothers had 6 apiaries distributed throughout the Kairanga.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- September 1896
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Ka20_RTL_0818
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Arthur E Hobbs
- Place
- Palmerston North
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- No Known Restrictions
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